Preux & Proper

Preux Orleans

The French Quarter Comes to Downtown

Like they have at Preux & Proper, a double-decker ode to the things you eat and drink in New
Orleans, opening Wednesday in Downtown from the guys behind Five0Four. (See
the slideshow here.)

So, yes, this was the Parish. Still has that great bone structure and double-stacked patio. But now it’s a
brighter, more open space with white, hand-carved walls and large windows opening to the street. Something
about bead-throwing aerodynamics, maybe.

The looser, frozen-daiquiri-machine-strapped party is downstairs. That’s where you’ll duck in with
friends for cognac-and-rye Sazeracs and moonshine margaritas from Pablo Moix and lots of Big Easy beer
before your next Regent show. You could do the frog legs and fried-oyster po’boys there, too, but...

Better to use the separate entrance and head upstairs for a full dinner. Because that’s where the raw bar
and wood-grilled Gulf oysters are. That’s where the patio overlooking Downtown is. And that’s where a
dumbwaiter delivers your smoked-shrimp beignets, Abita-marinated short ribs with Cajun kimchi, and
crawfish-stuffed steam pots from the kitchen.